Kicking a cocaine addiction may be as simple as beaming a laser straight into the brain — at least in rats. That’s the result of a new study of cocaine-addicted lab rodentspublished today by US researchers working with the National Institute on Drug Abuse. But the scientists behind it think that their results could be easily and quickly replicated in humans using a less intrusive therapy that involves stimulating the brain with magnets on the outside of the skull, and they’re aiming to get human trials going by the end of the year.
via The Verge
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